Universal fingerboard for stringed musical instrument
AssigneeIneedthis, LLC
InventorMichael Cloutier
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Abstract
A universal musical instrument fingerboard with a sinusoidal plane wave pattern along the top surface that resembles ripple waves. The rippleboard is a improvement to existing fingerboard and fretboard designs by retaining beneficial characteristics and including improvements to intonation assistance, playing comfort and ergonomics. The tone of an instrument is improved via the removal of fret noise. The fingerboard is manufactured with simple techniques and is repairable. A rippleboard vastly reduces the complexity of learning and playing string instruments.
Claims20
A musical instrument fingerboard comprising:
- a top surface pattern forming a wave having a plurality of peaks and troughs with each successive wavelength has decaying peak-to-peak amplitude;
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- a peak of each wave is positioned at a distance from the nut based on a music tuning system and a scale length of the musical instrument.
A rippleboard comprising a series of peaks and troughs fabricated along a vertical length of the rippleboard in a wave pattern and the rippleboard is configured to be received by a traditional neck of a string instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.